East Coast Chicken Supper, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Two of the men, the culinary whizz Fred and mouthy Stew, gnaw away endlessly at the third, Gibby, who apparently disappeared for more than a year. The inconsequential patter meanders on, some funny, some quirky, some relentlessly raw, and parts of it incomprehensible. Fred's celebrity-chef turn, Stew's neuroses and Gibby's secret don't add up to a piece of theatre in this wordy script, despite the strong characterisation and concentrated acting from the three drug-pushers and their bullying pal.

Richard Wilson's deft direction gives the production some edge, and the designer Fiona Watt's detailed house and kitchen convey the drabness of small-town life in Fife. Taylor has loads of promise, his ideas are fertile and his way with words sometimes devastating but he needs to flesh out his lean material.

To 28 August (0131-228 1404)